People · China
Weiran Liu (刘唯然)
3×3 · top 9.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025LIUW01
Weiran Liu (刘唯然) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.51, set at Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,594th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2025, he has put 149 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.96 in January 2025 to 10.51, a 45% improvement. Weiran has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.51 | 12.75 | top 9.0% | 3,594 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 5.06 | top 10.9% | 1,692 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.23 | 7.90 | top 14.6% | 1,751 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 5.60 | 7.53 | top 22.8% | 1,444 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.30 | 31.05 | top 37.7% | 3,581 / 5,994 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Hefei Open 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Beijing Winter 2025. A 18.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.